Solicitor suspended as Law Society seeks access to the practice filesHigh Court told solicitor Ian McSweeney had not been co-operating with efforts to examine his practiceMon Nov 11 2024 - 18:39
Older debtors seeking majority of personal insolvency deals amid house-price spikeIn recent case retired couple given an interest-only deal that should enable them stay in Tallaght homeMon Nov 11 2024 - 06:00
Woman suffered anaphylactic shock during lunch break on first day of new job in Tokyo, Dublin inquest toldAika Doheny flown home in air ambulance to Dublin where she died a day laterThu Nov 07 2024 - 18:10
Cork publican John Gaffney has €54m debt written off as part of Personal Insolvency ArrangementHigh Court hears businessman invested heavily in pubs and property in years prior to property crashMon Nov 04 2024 - 19:37
Micheál Martin dismisses Fine Gael accusations he is ‘tetchy’Weekend exchanges come as politicians prepare to return to Leinster House this week for what is widely expected to be the final days of the current DáilMon Nov 04 2024 - 06:00
Tánaiste describes as ‘silly’ reports of Fine Gael briefings about age difference with Simon Harris‘It is quite amusing on one level but I would say to people to cop on a bit’, says Micheál MartinSun Nov 03 2024 - 15:57
Co Laois grandmother who drew down €270,000 of father-in-law’s pension for more than 28 years after his death jailed Margaret Bergin (73) sentenced for theft of more than €270,000 over 28 yearsFri Nov 01 2024 - 16:02
Coimisiún na Meán could lose staff due to ‘negative work culture’, report warnsRegulator faces challenges in its relationship with department, Deloitte findsFri Nov 01 2024 - 06:00
Death of mother of four at St Vincent’s Hospital due to medical misadventure, inquest finds‘Obviously abnormal’ blood test results from Eilis Cronin Walsh not immediately conveyed to medical team, contrary to protocolTue Oct 29 2024 - 20:01
‘Virtual try-on sessions’ drive sales in China for Irish-based eco-clothing chain IcicleIcicle group, with an outlet on Grafton Street, says ‘live commerce’ is driving an online surge in ChinaTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
Wife of former lord mayor lodges proceedings against him and firm that owns their former homeCompany filings show Independent councillor Nial Ring is the sole shareholder of company that bought €2.5 million house less than a year after couple almost lost it to the Bank of IrelandSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Dublin builder Joe Cosgrave left estate valued at €124m Widow who was left husband’s share in Cosgrave Group involved in High Court clash with two brothers-in-lawFri Oct 25 2024 - 06:00
Landlord Marc Godart fined €25,000 by RTB for latest breachesLuxembourg businessman failed to register tenancies and knowingly gave false reasons for tenants to vacateThu Oct 24 2024 - 17:03
‘Changing behaviours’: Average-speed road cameras to start operating in Mayo and CavanDrivers will be monitored at two ‘high-collision’ sites from FridayThu Oct 24 2024 - 12:01
Marc Godart-owned company pleads guilty to illegal short term letting of Dublin property‘It’s basically an Airbnb,’ Dublin City Council solicitor says of Dublin 8 property owned by Luxembourg landlordTue Oct 22 2024 - 13:25
Ryanair flight from Faro makes several unsuccessful attempts to land in DublinPassenger has medical emergency on Ryanair flight that twice diverted to England and spent hours on English runwaysSun Oct 20 2024 - 23:55
Storm Ashley causes havoc across island as winds down trees and knock out electricity to thousands of homesFlights cancelled and diverted at airports as high tides and high winds created dangerous conditions around the coastSun Oct 20 2024 - 21:56
Gardaí seeking witnesses to hit and run in Dublin and incident involving cyclist in TraleePedestrian in his 20 taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by van in ClondalkinSun Oct 20 2024 - 19:55
International protection applicants moved from tents during Storm Ashley, says activist‘The tents have been flying everywhere,’ says spokesman as migrants moved to houses in Newtownmountkennedy and CrookslingSun Oct 20 2024 - 19:53
Solicitor and former South Dublin mayor ordered to repay legal fees to ex-clientEdward J O’Brien failed to co-operate with Legal Services Regulatory Authority inquiry and ‘offered no excuse whatsoever’ for not complying with its rulingSun Oct 20 2024 - 06:00
A Dún Laoghaire law firm, its loan scheme, and the client whose pension money went ‘missing’Self-administered pension used Thomas Montgomery & Sons but claims money was used to make payments unconnected to the trust fund, leaving a businessman unable to retireFri Oct 18 2024 - 06:00
How a €325m Irish factory became part of a geopolitical battle between US and China Ireland needs to develop the ability to conduct national security assessments of proposed foreign investors, says security expertFri Oct 18 2024 - 06:00
Date set for court clash between widow of Joe Cosgrave and his two surviving brothersCourt told that attempts to settle dispute over Cosgrave Group through mediation have not been successfulWed Oct 16 2024 - 05:00
Local authorities underreporting rural rough sleeping, charity says Cases outside Dublin reveals poor administration of homelessness law on emergency accommodation, says Mercy LawTue Oct 15 2024 - 12:46
Former rugby player Rocky Elsom says he will appeal French forgery convictionEx-Leinster and Australia forward alleges he was not allowed defend himself in what was a ‘clear perversion of justice’Tue Oct 15 2024 - 12:33
Dublin landlord Paul Howard hit with tax penalty of more than €1mLandlord was not entitled to any reduction in return for co-operation with major tax inquiry, Revenue tells High CourtMon Oct 14 2024 - 20:55
Tenant was forced to vacate Cork house after landlord put 6ft fence around itWoman awarded damages by RTB tribunal says she was forced to vacate house that was ‘completely boarded up’ so she could get in and out only through front doorFri Oct 11 2024 - 15:33
Man (31) charged with murder of Mary Ward (22) in BelfastAhmed Abdirahman appears in court in Dublin after being arrested on ThursdayFri Oct 11 2024 - 12:18
Covid-19 a causative factor in death of Michael Laffan (66) while swimming at Seapoint, inquest findsDublin Coroner Aisling Gannon said it was not clear the extent to which having the Covid virus in a person’s body affects their endurance when undergoing exerciseWed Oct 09 2024 - 14:41
Brazilian students had to sell personal belongings after landlord failed to return depositRTB orders landlord to pay damages to students who were ‘fobbed off’ when they tried to get money backTue Oct 08 2024 - 20:05
Irish troops ‘determined to fulfil mission’ in Lebanon as Israel invasion continuesUnifil ‘deeply concerned’ about activities of Israeli army close to Irish base in south LebanonMon Oct 07 2024 - 05:00
Hundreds attend vigil in Dublin to mark one year since Hamas attackNo prospect of peace as long as ‘murderous ideologies’ of Hamas and Hizbullah remain strong, says chief rabbiSun Oct 06 2024 - 20:16
Brothers behind Irish Starbucks franchise served invalid notice on tenants, tribunal findsRTB says tenants of building on Old Bray Road in south Co Dublin should pay six months’ rent arrears to company linked to Colum and Ciarán ButlerSun Oct 06 2024 - 06:00
Seven-day eviction notice for tenant after drugs raid was not justified, RTB tribunal rulesNotice of termination for antisocial behaviour was ‘a draconian measure’ and would render the tenant homeless, the tribunal saidSun Oct 06 2024 - 06:00
Dún Laoghaire law firm owes €618,834 to pension fund of Dublin businessman, High Court is toldConnie Kelleher is seeking payment of debt from estate of the late David Montgomery, a solicitor who died two years ago at a time when his law firm was under investigationSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Clinical director at Limerick hospital where Aoife Johnston died placed on leave due to ‘serious risk’ to patients Prof Brian Lenehan, suspended in the wake of reports into death of the Co Clare teenager, told the High Court that decision to suspend him lacks reasonWed Oct 02 2024 - 16:51
‘Broken’ landlord tells RTB she had to sell house after tenants’ dogs defecated on floorsIn another case gardaí were called because landlord suspected house was being used as growhouseWed Oct 02 2024 - 06:00
Extension of Help to Buy scheme and increase in Rent Tax Credit among budget housing measuresBudget 2025: Government increases tax designed to discourage the bulk buying of homes by investment fundsTue Oct 01 2024 - 16:40
Cost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG saysValue-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 millionTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:00
A matter of perspective – Colm Keena on lessons from a trip to Vietnam I was the best show they’d seen for quite some timeMon Sept 30 2024 - 18:59
Four takeaways from spending watchdog reportComptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employedMon Sept 30 2024 - 18:09
Bankrupt developer Seán Dunne asks High Court judge to recuse himself from case, saying he is conflictedTwo judges have already withdrawn from hearing case due to conflict issue as Dunne seeks to challenge bankruptcy officialsSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Hundreds of millions of euro paid to Irish companies for accommodating refugees and UkrainiansLatest figures from Dept of Integration show hotel groups, the McEnaney family, and a US private equity group among those being paid for providing accommodation servicesFri Sept 27 2024 - 18:41
Legal costs bill arising from tribunal of inquiry cut by almost 40% when challenged, report showsAnnual report from Office of Legal Cost Adjudicators shows significant cuts in fees being claimed in range of case typesFri Sept 27 2024 - 00:01
Application for injunction from Limerick hospital clinical director before High CourtProf Brian Lenehan says being placed on administrative leave is ‘unwarranted’ as disciplinary inquiry into Aoife Johnston death continuesThu Sept 26 2024 - 19:07
Garda inquiry into Creeslough tragedy has to take precedence, says MinisterHelen McEntee says Government is open to listening to the families of those who died in Co Donegal explosionWed Sept 25 2024 - 18:46
New supercomputer means better weather forecasts from Met ÉireannNew system, called Aurora and operated with three other meteorological organisations, is already showing improved results for Ireland’s weather forecastersTue Sept 24 2024 - 19:47
Nepalese chef working in Co Kerry takeaway had 70-hour week as ‘the norm’Migrant worker awarded €23,130 at WRC for breaches of working time and minimum wage laws by Castleisland outletTue Sept 24 2024 - 17:21
Young man charged with dangerous driving causing death has case adjourned to NovemberCharge involving the death of a young man in November of last year to be heard on indictmentMon Sept 23 2024 - 20:06
Gardaí searching for suspect after car with five-month old baby in it hijacked in DublinGirl was found ‘safe and well’ in city centre hours after car was stolen in Mountjoy SquareMon Sept 23 2024 - 18:25
